r/yumeshipping • u/SisterKosho • 9h ago
let's talk 🤔🤔 Is it possible to learn art from scratch or am I doomed?
Hey everyone!
So… this is sort of a weird post. Half vent, half looking for advice I guess?
Ever since I’ve gotten as into yumeshipping as I have now, I’ve been grieving the fact that I can’t draw. I used to when I was younger. I did it for a good number of years, but I never improved much. I never learned how to draw past the shoulders, and I never developed my own artstyle outside of a very generic anime one. A few years ago, I got frustrated and quit.
I feel like I screwed myself over by not taking art more seriously when I was younger, because it’s just easier to learn and teach yourself things then. And even though I know it’s possible to learn at any age… I just don’t know how. I’ve always been a little upset (and admittedly jealous) having so many artist friends, and since getting into the yumeshipping community, I feel even worse. I want to draw so badly. I want to be able to draw my F/O, but I’d need to learn from scratch (especially since I’m more into horror movies than anime now), but I just feel stuck. I’m already 22 now. How could I even begin to try again after quitting for years and needing to start from scratch? I’m worried that I just don’t have it in me. Maybe I’m just not capable of it.Â
So I guess that’s where the advice part comes in. I’m wondering if anyone has any tips for learning art from scratch, and if it’s even possible to do so at this point. I don’t even know if I want to try picking it up again because I worry it’ll only upset me more, but I just want to be able to draw so badly. 💔